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has is no evidence that the tunnel has collapsed. local media reports suggested that that was the case. but someone from the department of energy says there is no evidence suggesting that the tunnel has collapsed. the facility deals with nuclear waste. and there is no report at the moment of any leakage. that news coming from the united states in the last few minutes. and the 11—year—old girl, an update on that story. she was on a school trip to drayton manor theme park and she died after an incident involving the splash canyon ride. she was airlifted to hospital but paramedics and doctors were not able to save her. the company director of drayton manor theme park issued a statement saying staff were alerted that an 11—year—old girl had entered the water, trained park staff from each scene and attended to the patient and west midlands air ambulance arrived and airlifted her to
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hospital. we're all shocked and devastated and i thoughts are with herfamily devastated and i thoughts are with her family and friends at this tremendously difficult time. let s get more now on the election campaign. jeremy corbyn has said there will be a ‘day of reckoning' for the rich and powerful if labour wins the election. speaking in manchester mr corbyn called time on those he described as tax cheats, greedy bankers and rip—off bosses. but on the question of brexit he was far less clear on what a vote for labour would mean. speaking to our political editor laura kuennsberg mr corbyn repeatedly refused to say whether labour would definitely take britain out of the eu. look there was a clear vote in the referendum a year ago but now there are the negotiations which have already begun. i sent isenta i sent a letter to president elect emmanuel macron last night congratulating him on his win and
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also setting out that we wanted good relations with europe and to make sure that there is a trade access, a tariff free trade access to the european markets. but on that point if you say brexit is settled, whatever happens in the negotiations, however well or badly they go, it would be leading if you are prime minister? we will go in with determination to achieve what i've just outlined and it is not a one—off meeting, oh one of discussion, it involves relations with all the governments across europe and every one of the member states as well as their parliaments and the european parliament and commission. my question is if you are prime minister we will be come hell or high water whatever is on the table at the end of negotiations? if we won the election will get a good deal with europe that will ensure that a large number of manufacturing jobs in the uk that rely on trade with europe will not suddenly find themselves under world trade organisations where there would be a tariff wall put up around
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this country. in your speech today you said the country had four weeks to ta ke you said the country had four weeks to take back its wealth. what does it mean? it means that the levels of tax avoidance that happened was a great increase in the wealth of the very richest people, and a reference to the sunday times rich list today, i think we have to have a taxation syste m i think we have to have a taxation system that means that those who have the broadest shoulders and some of those shoulders are very broad, should pay a little bit more. we need to understand the anger that many feel in this country. 6 million earning less than the minimum wage. 1 million on zero hours contracts. many on short—term jobs and short—term working in communities that have seen precious little investment for 30 years. so using that anger as part of your election strategy? you must recognise when people are angry and do something about it. are you angry? yes, i get angry about poverty and injustice,
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angry about poverty and injustice, angry about poverty and injustice, angry about inequality. when you use language like promising a reckoning, talking about people taking back their wealth, to some voters and viewers that sounds like the politics of envy. not at all. i'm saying that we all benefit when we all do better. we are a very rich country and unfortunately those riches are not fairly spread around. what is it that makes you think that this time around a general election could be won from the left? you want to move even further to the left, what is it that makes you think now is yourtime? what is it that makes you think now is your time? do we want social justice or social inequality? is it not a great tradition in this country that we try to look after everyone. and i think what we are offering is eminently sensible and rational and will bring back a much more secure rational and will bring back a much more secure and harmonious society. that is our offer. with me isjohn mcternan, former
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labour advisor and tony blair's director of operations. investment in infrastructure, skills and public services, an end to rig system for the rich making the country for people who can lead richer lives. what is not to like? it sounds like donald trump, with a soft accent. what is not to like, promises are only as good as the majority that you can get. jeremy corbyn cannot get a majority and cannot deliver a single one of his promises. and he cannot tell you how he can fund any of those promises. and i've yet to hear him give a convincing description of the detail of any single one of those policies. the manifesto is coming out soon and that will be fully costed, they say and have all the details in there. and you —— if he can back up all the
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rhetoric, why would people not vote for that? in the end of voters look to see if there is a potential leader or potential prime minister. they look atjeremy corbyn and do not see the ship, barely a leader of the opposition. they cannot seem in meetings with european union, at the g8, andi meetings with european union, at the g8, and i think that is the end, they look at that to see he's not a credible prime minister. so they stay away from him. they also know his instincts on issues like taxation are for high taxation and they do not want that in a prime minister so they're making a very sound —based judgment on the things they care about, the economy and national security. they do not want the other stuff unless they trust him on those things. so the policies may be popular which seems to have been the case with the initiatives they have put up for the public in they have put up for the public in the last couple of weeks or so. but basically cannot get over the suggestion that they cannot deal
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with the economy? he will never get elected to government if people do not trust him to run the economy. everyone knows how difficult recovery from the global financial crisis has been. the hero at the labour party refusing to accept that anything good is happening in the economy. they talk about the economy as if it is totally miserable but we have more people in work than ever before. but many people have been left out of this so—called recovery and that is what labour are tapping into. it is one of the biggest political parties in europe, more than half a million members. and those who support jeremy than half a million members. and those who supportjeremy corbyn would say it is people like you who backed tony blair who did not fix the roof was the sun was shining, you were awash with cash and did not invest as you should. that you have caused many of the problems that jeremy corbyn is having to deal with. anyone who goes on public transport now sees how it is
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transformed under the labour government. in 19 —— in 1997 we had schools with outside toilets. but there's not a single person on the doorstep who was going to vote labour after reading some of the tweets from jenin. theresa may, and jeremy corbyn, they are a brand. and jeremy corbyn, they are a brand. and jeremy corbyn, they are a brand. and jeremy corbyn, it is not that he's not getting his message across but he's getting it across well and truly. thank you for us. the sun columnist, and former editor, kelvin mackenzie is leaving the paper — because of controversial remarks he made about the everton footballer, ross barkley. kelvin mackenzie was suspended last month after comparing the player to a gorilla. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. kelvin mackenzie is a giant
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of british tabloids. a brash and brutal editor editor who was a close confidant of his patron, rupert murdoch. but this time he went too far. a column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorilla. mackenzie claimed not to know about the heritage but his column, published on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster that he so notoriously misrepresented, prompted everton to ban the sun from its stadium. newspaper columnists are meant to provoke strong feelings and over nearly five decades in fleet street, kelvin mackenzie certainly did that. but this time was different for two reasons. first because his column threatened to further alienate the sun's readers in the north—west and second because there's a huge scandal erupting at rupert murdoch's fox news over in new york. what rupert murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. you are about to enter the no spin zone. murdoch's bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, ofcom.
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there is concern within murdoch's company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the phone hacking scandal derailed their last bid for sky. i was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that no one took a closer look at the column. i can't believe that kelvin's column is so sacrosanct that lawyers and sub editors, it was good friday, so the top tier team may not have been there, but even so it seems to be a systemic failure, not just involving kelvin mackenzie. it remains to be seen if mackenzie has cut ties with murdoch's company completely. amal rajan, bbc news. the queen of latin — shirley ballas — willjoin the judging panel on strictly come dancing. the 56—year—old will replace len goodman when the bbc show returns this autumn. although not widely known to uk audiences — she is highly regarded in the world of ballroom, with numerous international titles to her name. with me is eleanor bley griffiths —
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who writes for radio times. who is shirley ballas? she's called the queen of latin and is one of the most decorated latin dancers in the world and has this great background. her son and the two children she acted as guardian to have been appearing on dancing with the stars for a long time and she is connected that way. great pedigree but len goodman, big shoes to fill. well from the auditions process the word was that she had a really good screen test. they held auditions? that is what we heard. who was she up against? potentially brendan and anton du beke. and bruno tonioli? yes. so what do you think
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her style is going to be, len goodman was quite stage, the elder statesman looking on with the odd joke here and there. but slightly detached in a way that bruno was very involved in the whole thing. what you think her style is going to be? she seems to come across as quite funny, she laughs and smiles lot but the child she acted as guardian to, they've talked about her as a bit stern. she can be a bit unforgiving but also very loving and she has maintained really good relationships with them. do you think she will be able to maintain the viewerfigures? think she will be able to maintain the viewer figures? i think an injection of new blood could be really good for the series. sometimes somebody new can be a good move. and so much of the other
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elements have been the same for so many years that i think it could withstand a little change. thank you very much. thomas has all the weather news. looking pretty good for tomorrow. lots of sunshine on the way, it has already been nice across many parts of the country but tomorrow there's less clout and feeling pretty warm. this is the satellite picture from today, that's debris area of cloud no shrinking. that means clear skies tonight and a gorgeous day tomorrow. but with a clearer skies tonight it is going to be quite chilly, in fact a grass frost on the way. outside of town, it could bejust a grass frost on the way. outside of town, it could be just about 2 degrees above freezing. and then tomorrow) the start it is glorious sunshine all round. apart from some northern areas where there could be
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some spots of rain. thursday, increasing amounts of cloud and then on friday which could be running for cover with some thunderstorms and downpours on the way. enjoy your evening. welcome to 100 days+. the us watched russian hackers interfere with the french election and warrant rand's security services. the head of the agency says he also now have they cannot stay ahead of the cyber attacks. two days of testimony in a string of warnings from us intelligence agencies on russia's intentions to undermine democratic elections. the us is considering sending 3000 more troops to afghanistan to fight the taliban. nato is asking the uk to up its commitment as well. the winner of south korea's
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